Thursday, October 21, 2021

ARIA 2021 Nominations | Predictions

My picks/predictions/guesses in red and bold as below. Award ceremony to be held Wednesday November 24 this year on YouTube!


Album Of The Year

Amy Shark - Cry Forever (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)

Midnight Oil and First Nations Collaborators - The Makarrata Project (Sony Music)

The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia)

Tones And I - Welcome to the Madhouse (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)


Best Artist

Amy Shark - Cry Forever (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Budjerah - Budjerah (EP) (Warner Music Australia)

Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)

Keith Urban - The Speed Of Now Part 1 (CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue - Disco (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Masked Wolf - 'Astronaut In The Ocean' (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)

Ngaiire - 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - 'Stay' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Tones And I - Welcome to the Madhouse (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)

Vance Joy - 'Missing Piece' (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)


Best Dance Release

Cosmo's Midnight - Yesteryear (Nite High/Sony Music)

Dom Dolla - 'Pump The Brakes' (Sweat It Out/Warner)

Jolyon Petch - 'Dreams' (TMRW Music)

KLP & Stace Cadet - 'People Happy' (Medium Rare Recordings / Sony Music)

RÜFÜS DU SOL - 'Alive' (Rose Avenue Records/Reprise/Warner Music)


Best Group

AC/DC - Power Up (Leidseplein Presse / Sony Music)

Gang Of Youths - 'The Angel of 8th Ave.' (Mosy Recordings / Sony Music)

Midnight Oil and First Nations Collaborators - The Makarrata Project (Sony Music)

RÜFÜS DU SOL - 'Alive' (Rose Avenue Records/Reprise/Warner Music)

The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia)


Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist

Budjerah - Budjerah (EP) (Warner Music Australia)

Gretta Ray - Begin To Look Around (EMI Music Australia)

Masked Wolf - 'Astronaut In The Ocean' (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)

MAY-A - Don't Kiss Ur Friends (Arcadia Music / Sony Music)

Ngaiire - 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)


Best Pop Release

Amy Shark - Cry Forever (Wonderlick Recording Company)

The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia)

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber - 'Stay' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Tones And I - 'Fly Away' (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)

Vance Joy - 'Missing Piece' (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)


Best Hip Hop Release

B Wise - jamie (Semi Pro Sound)

Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)

Masked Wolf - 'Astronaut In The Ocean' (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)

The Kid LAROI - 'WITHOUT YOU' (Columbia/Sony Music)

Youngn Lipz - Area Baby (Biordi Music/Virgin Music)


Best Soul/R&B Release

Budjerah - Budjerah (EP) (Warner Music Australia)

Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant (Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune)

Ngaiire - 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)

Tash Sultana - Terra Firma (Lonely Lands Records/Sony Music

Tkay Maidza - Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 3 (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)


Best Independent Release

Archie Roach - The Songs Of Charcoal Lane (Bloodlines/Mushroom)

Ball Park Music - Ball Park Music (Prawn Records/ Inertia Music)

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover (Hopestreet Recordings/The Planet Company)

Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)

Vance Joy - 'Missing Piece' (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)


Best Rock Album

AC/DC - Power Up (Leidseplein Presse / Sony Music)

Ball Park Music - Ball Park Music (Prawn Records/ Inertia Music)

Holy Holy - Hello My Beautiful World (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Middle Kids - Today We're The Greatest (EMI Music Australia)

Midnight Oil and First Nations Collaborators - The Makarrata Project (Sony Music)


Best Adult Contemporary Album

Big Scary – Daisy (Pieater/Inertia)

Crowded House - Dreamers Are Waiting (EMI Music Australia)

Kylie Minogue - Disco (Liberator Music/Mushroom)

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage (Goliath / AWAL)

Odette - Herald (EMI Music Australia)


Best Country Album

Brad Cox - My Mind's Projection (Sony Music)

Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham - The Song Club (ABC Music)

Shane Nicholson - Living In Colour (Lost Highway Australia/Universal Music Australia)

The Wolfe Brothers - Kids On Cassette (BMG/WMG)

Troy Cassar-Daley - The World Today (Tarampa Music / Sony Music)


Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album

Alpha Wolf - A Quiet Place To Die (Greyscale Records / Cooking Vinyl Australia)

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound (What Reality?/Virgin Music)

Tropical F**k Storm - Deep States (TFS Records/Virgin Music)

Yours Truly - Self Care (UNFD/The Orchard)

A. Swayze & the Ghosts - Paid Salvation (IVY LEAGUE/MUSHROOM)


Best Blues & Roots Album

Archie Roach - The Songs Of Charcoal Lane (Bloodlines/Mushroom)

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover (Hopestreet Recordings/The Planet Company)

Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald - Push The Blues Away (Ivy League/Mushroom)

Martha Marlow - Medicine Man (Independent/The Planet Company)

Ziggy Alberts - Searching For Freedom (Commonfolk Records / The Orchard)


Best Children's Album

Amber Lawrence - The Kid's Gone Country 2 (Fun For All The Family ABC Music)

Bluey The Album - Bluey (Ludo Studios / Demon Music Group / BBC Studios / Rocket)

Diver City - Dance Silly (ABC Music / Universal)

The Wiggles - Lullabies With Love (ABC Music)

Various Artists - The Moon, The Mouse & The Frog: Lullabies from Northern Australia (ABC Music)


PUBLIC VOTED AWARDS


Best Video

24k - Tkay Maidza, Nicholas Muecke (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)

Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf, Daniele Cernera (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)

could cry just thinkin about you (Full Version) - Troye Sivan & Jesse Gohier-Fleet (EMI Music Australia)

Dance - Julia Stone, Jessie Hill (BMG/WMG)

First Nation - Midnight Oil ft. Jessica Mauboy & Tasman Keith, Robert Hambling (Sony Music)

Higher - Budjerah, Mick Soiza (Warner Music Australia)

Love Songs Ain't for Us - Amy Shark, James Chappell (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Missing Piece - Vance Joy, Annelise Hickey (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)

The Divine Chord - The Avalanches, Jonathan Zawada (Modular / EMI Music Australia)

Won't Sleep - Tones and I, Nick Kozakis, Liam Kelly (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)


Best Australian Live Act

Amy Shark - Cry Forever Tour 2021 (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Ball Park Music - The Residency (Prawn Records/ Inertia Music)

Budjerah - Budjerah 2021 Aus Tour (Warner Music Australia)

Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth Album Tour (OURNESS / AWAL)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Micro Tour (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard/Virgin Music)

Lime Cordiale - Relapse Tour (Chugg Music Pty Ltd)

Midnight Oil and First Nations Collaborators - Makarrata Live (Sony Music)

The Avalanches - The Avalanches Live (Modular / EMI Music Australia)

The Teskey Brothers - The Teskey Brothers (Headline Shows + Festivals) (IVY LEAGUE/MUSHROOM)

Thelma Plum - Homecoming Queen Tour (Warner Music Australia)


Song of the Year

Amy Shark Feat. Keith Urban - Love Songs Ain't For Us (Wonderlick Recording Company)

Dean Lewis - Falling Up (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)

Hooligan Hefs - Send It! (db Music / Warner Music Australia)

Keith Urban & Pink - One Too Many (CAPITOL – NASHVILLE / EMI Music Australia)

Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean (Teamwrk Records/ADA/Warner Music)

Sam Fischer & Demi Lovato - What Other People Say (Sony Music)

Spacey Jane - Booster Seat (AWAL Recordings)

The Kid LAROI with Miley Cyrus - Without You (Columbia/Sony Music)

Tones and I - Fly Away (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)

Vance Joy - Missing Piece (Liberation Records/Mushroom Group)


Most Popular International

Ariana Grande - Positions (Universal Records USA / Universal Music Australia)

Doja Cat - Planet Her (RCA Records / Sony Music)

Justin Bieber - Justice (Def Jam / Universal Music Australia)

Kanye West - Donda (Def Jam / Universal Music Australia)

Luke Combs - What You See Ain't Always What You Get (Columbia Nashville / Sony Music)

Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall (Interscope / Universal Music Australia)

Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts (RCA Records / Sony Music)

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour (Geffen / Universal Music Australia)

Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon (Universal Records USA / Universal Music Australia)

Taylor Swift - Evermore (Universal Music Australia)


ARTISAN AWARDS


Best Cover Art

Ngaiire Joseph & Dan Segal for Ngaiire - 3 (Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records)

Eben Ejdne for Odette - Herald (EMI Music Australia)

Kofi Anash & Bailey Howard for Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth (OURNESS / AWAL)

Jonathan Zawada for The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You (Modular / EMI Music Australia)

Giulia Giannini McGauran & Mitchell Eaton for Tones and I - Welcome to the Madhouse (Bad Batch Records / Sony Music)


FINE ARTS AWARDS


Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album

Angus & Julia Stone - Life Is Strange (BMG/WMG)

Antony Partos - Rams (Original Motion Picture Score) (ABC Music)

Caitlin Yeo, Maria Alfonsine, Damian de Boos-Smith - Wakefield Season One Official Soundtrack (MADBS Composing Palace)

Sia - Music: Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (Atlantic Records / Warner Music)

Yve Blake - Fangirls (ADA/Warner Music)


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